In Croatia, Gakić families are almost entirely Croats (from Neum (Herzegovina) ), very rarely Montenegrins (from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Herzegovina (Citluk area).
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Gakić live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Vukovar (<10), Metkovic (<10), Sesvete (<5), and in Zapresic (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.